Opioid receptors in the inner ear can cause partial or full hearing loss, according to new research from Rutgers New Jersey Medical School and New Jersey Poison Information and Education System. Inner ear anatomy. Image credit: Medical Gallery of Blausen Medical 2014, doi: 10.15347/wjm/2014.010. “Ototoxicity, or ‘ear poisoning,’ is a …
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Ever since Samsung recalled, reissued, and double-recalled the Galaxy Note 7, there’s been curiosity and contention over what, exactly, killed the phone. This has ranged from the conspiratorial (Apple is paying the media to manufacture reports of fires) to the prosaic explanation that whatever battery failure killed the first round …
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SpaceX has been grounded ever since a launchpad explosion on September 1st resulted in the loss of a Falcon 9 rocket. The failure destroyed a Facebook internet satellite and called into question the design of SpaceX’s fuel tanks. This was the second tank failure leading to the loss of a …
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